Brennan’s is justly famous for its Thursday night turtle races. For the unfamiliar, every Thursday around 9 p.m. the competitors line up for some boisterous, albeit slow-moving, sprints (you can even bring your own turtle if you think you have a ringer). As you can imagine, the whole enterprise fosters the sort of atmosphere in which you will quickly get very drunk. Which is probably why you go to Brennan’s in the first place. It’s the best kind of dive bar—spacious, cheap drinks, decent bar food, a pool table and video games. Live music is available from Wednesday through Saturday, but don’t expect to catch the next breakout band here since covers are the name of the game. The crowd is a friendly mix of old and young locals and parking is available in the adjacent lot or right on Lincoln Boulevard.